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P.' M.. MORROW. SHOW STAND'. No. 485,109. Patented ont. 25, 1892.

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FRANK M. MORROW, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOW-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,109, dated October25, 1892.

Application filed February 18, 1892. Serial No. 422,031. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MoRRow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in ShoW-Stands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improved show-stand for carpets, oil-cloths, the.,the object of the invention being to provide a device of this characterin which the roll of carpet may be arrangedin avertical position uponthe stand and can be readily and quickly unrolled or rolled, as may bedesired, for exhibition, measurement, or other purposes without tiltingor turning the roll over, as commonly takes place now when the roll issimply placed upon the floor, and also to permit of handling and eX-hibiting the carpet without risk of soiling it and in much smaller spacethan that required in the old way of handling such goods.

My invention consists of a revoluble snpporting-plate upon which thecarpet rests and a bracket for holding said roll in a vertical position;and my invention consists, further, incertain details ot' constructionor combination of parts, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the sheet of drawings accompanying and forming a part of thisspecication, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the manner of usingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the base with the revolubleplate removed, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my device with amodified form of supporting bracket.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a suitable base 10,preferably circular in shape and having an annular groove 10@L formed inthe upper face of the same. A revoluble supporting-plate 11 is arrangedabove the base 10, said plate being connected with the base by means ofa piv otal bolt 12. The supporting-plate 11 has an annular groove 11,formed in the lower face of the same, which mates with the groove 102*in the base 10, said grooves forming an annular passage in which isarranged a series of bearingeballs 13, a suftcient number of balls beingemployed to lill the entire passage, and thereby preventing any bunchingof the balls which would cause the plate to bind or catch in itsrevolutions. The roll of carpet is arranged upon this base and can berevolved for the purpose of exhibition or the carpet may be unrolled forthe purpose of measurement and in order to prevent the roll fallingover, while upon the base I provide a standard 14, which is rigidlyconnected with the base 10, preferably by having a threaded lower end14, which enters a threaded socket 14", produced in the side of thebase. This standard l4'may be tubular, as shown in Fig. 1, or it may besolid, as shown in Fig. 3; but in either case a vertically-adjustablerod 15 is connected therewith, said rod being bent horizontally at 15a,producing the horizontal arm 15b, and near its endsaid arm is bentdownwardly at right angles, forming the dependent iinger 15C. The arm151 is of such length that the inger 15c rests directly over the centerof the plate, and .hence would enter the center of the roll. Aninvertedcone shaped centering block 16 is secured upon the finger 15C,said block resting in the center of the roll, and as the block isconical in shape it can readily be inserted therein. When the standard14 is made tubular, the bar 15 slides vertically therein and is lockedin any desired position by means of a setscrew 17, which passes throughthe side of the standard and binds against the rod within the same. Whenthe standard is made solid, I employ two casting-pieces 18 18, eachhaving two apertures 18b and 18c produced therein, the apertures 18bbeing smooth, while the apertures 18c are threaded. The lower end of therod 15 is secured in the threaded aperture of the piece 18, While theupper end of the standard is secured in the threaded aperture of thepiece 18, the rod working through the smooth aperture of the piece 18a,and as the rod is adjusted the piece 18 slides upon the standard 14. Aset-screw 19 is passed through the piece 185L and is adapted to securethe rod 15 Within the aperture 18h. The bracket can thus be adjusted tosuit various widths of carpet, or it maybe elevated to remove the carpetfrom the stand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto-secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a revoluble plate,

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of a stationary standard arranged adjacent thereto, the horizontal arniconnected with the standard, and the centering-block attached to thefree end of said arm in axial alignment with the center of the plate,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a stationary base, of a revoluble platearranged upon said base, the vertical standard attached t`o said base atone side of the same, the horizontal arm secured to the standard, andcentering-block secured to the free end of arm and in axial alignmentwith the center of plate, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a stationary base, of the revoluble plate, thevertically-adjustable rod attached to the base at one side of the same,the horizontal arm secured to the adjustable arm, and thecentering-block secured to the free end of the arm and in axialalignment with the center of revoluble plate, l substantially as shownand described.

4. The combination7 with the stationary base having an annular groove,the revoluble plate having a mating annular groove, the bearing-ballsarranged in the groove, the vertical standard attached to the base atone side of the same, the horizontal arm secured to the free end of thestandard, and the centeringblock secured to the free end of the arrn andin axial alignment with the center of revoluble plate, substantially asshown and described. 5. The combination, with the stationary base, ofthe revoluble plate and the bearingballs arranged between the said baseand plate, the vertical standard attached to one side of the base, thevertically-adjustable rod connected With the standard, the horizontalarm arranged upon the adjustable rod, centering-block carried upon thefree end of the arm and in axial alignment With the center ot' revolubleplate, and set-screw, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

FRANK M. MORROV.

Witnesses:

JACOB SNYDER, EDGAR C. MARKS.

